The 2nd Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has just been published, highlighting the progress and achievement of women entrepreneurs and business owners around the world - and, it makes for interesting reading in Africa. Ghana comes out on top globally, with the highest percentage of women business owners worldwide (46.4%), and Uganda comes in third (33.8%), according to the Index. The MIWE is a weighted index that helps to better understand and identify factors and conditions that are most conducive to closing the gender gap among business owners in any given economy. It examined 57 different economies around the globe (representing 78.6 percent of the world’s female labor force), including Botswana, Ethiopia, South Africa and Uganda, with Ghana, Nigeria and Malawi as new additions. The Index provides insight on which factors and conditions are most conducive to closing the gender gap among entrepreneurs/business owners in an economy. It also looks at which conditions are the biggest disablers or deterrents of women’s ability to thrive in the business world. It’s an interesting report and well worth a read.
Have yourself an inspired entrepreneurial day! - Melanie